The film stars Gemini Ganesan, Sowcar Janaki, Jayanthi, Nagesh, V. S. Raghavan, S. N. Lakshmi and others.

[2] The film, which was based on a stage play of same name, was remade in Kannada as Eradu Rekhegalu, in Telugu as Collector Janaki and in Hindi as Sanjog.

Gopinath meanwhile had moved to South India, where he later married Jaya by hiding his previous marriage.

[8] Also, a pair of glasses on the table and a pen in the foreground are seen, implying that Annadurai is the intended character.

[15][16] Iru Kodugal was remade in Kannada as Eradu Rekhegalu, in Telugu as Collector Janaki and in Hindi as Sanjog.

[17] Malathi Rangarajan said Janaki "stomped the screen and stole our hearts [..] came up with a stellar performance".

[18] Clips from the film were screened along with clips from other films such as Server Sundaram (1964), Arangetram (1973), Aval Oru Thodar Kathai (1974), Avargal (1977) and Azhagan (1991) at a function held in Balachander's honour at Tiruchirappalli in January 2015,[19] a month after his death.